Last night, my mom and I were watching The Ten Commandments on TV. Late in the movie, Mom turned to me and said, "I don't think they should have put the little boy to sleep."
"What?" I asked, not sure if she was talking about a boy or a dog.
"I don't think they should have killed the little boy." Ah, I suddenly realized she was talking about Pharoah's son.
"Mom, that was God. That's how the story goes. It's that way in the Bible." I thought that was the end of the discussion.
When the movie was over, she told me again, "I still don't think they should have made the little boy die."
All I could get out was, "Uh huh."
I guess I need to have a little chat with God about changing the Bible.
[For those of you who don't clearly remember the story of Moses, God sent plagues of locusts, boils, frogs, burning hail, and such to coerce Pharoah to "Let my people go!" The last straw was the death of all the first-born in Egypt (including Pharoah's son), unless they had lamb's blood on their threshold to let the Angel of Death know to pass them by. That became Passover in Jewish tradition. ]
"What?" I asked, not sure if she was talking about a boy or a dog.
"I don't think they should have killed the little boy." Ah, I suddenly realized she was talking about Pharoah's son.
"Mom, that was God. That's how the story goes. It's that way in the Bible." I thought that was the end of the discussion.
When the movie was over, she told me again, "I still don't think they should have made the little boy die."
All I could get out was, "Uh huh."
I guess I need to have a little chat with God about changing the Bible.
[For those of you who don't clearly remember the story of Moses, God sent plagues of locusts, boils, frogs, burning hail, and such to coerce Pharoah to "Let my people go!" The last straw was the death of all the first-born in Egypt (including Pharoah's son), unless they had lamb's blood on their threshold to let the Angel of Death know to pass them by. That became Passover in Jewish tradition. ]
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